Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.
New American Standard Bible
On the eighth day they held
King James Version
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Holman Bible
On the eighth day
International Standard Version
On the day after the festival ended, they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days.
A Conservative Version
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly. For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
American Standard Version
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Amplified
On the eighth day they held a celebration, for they had observed the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
Bible in Basic English
And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
Darby Translation
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will do in the eighth day a restraint: for they did the consecration of the altar, seven days; and the festival, seven days.
King James 2000
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they held the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
Modern King James verseion
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly. For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the eighth day they made a gathering. For they kept the hallowing of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
NET Bible
On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.
New Heart English Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
The Emphasized Bible
And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast, - because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.
Webster
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
World English Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Topics
Interlinear
Yowm
Sheba`
שׁבעה שׁבע
Sheba`
seven, seventh, seventeen , seven times, seventeenth , seventeenth, sevens , seven men, sevenfold, seventeen , seventeen
Usage: 395
Yowm
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temple Dedication
8 And solomon maketh the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him -- a very great assembly -- from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. 9 And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the twenty and third day of the seventh month he hath sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for the goodness that Jehovah hath done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:36
seven days ye bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, on the eighth day ye have a holy convocation, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; it is a restraint, ye do no servile work.
Deuteronomy 16:8
six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day is a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
1 Kings 8:65
And Solomon maketh, at that time, the festival -- and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt -- before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days; fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 30:23
And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days with joy;
Nehemiah 8:18
And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.
Joel 1:14
Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God,